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ecosse23 
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Posted: 05 Aug 2025 at 11:39am |
I recently spotted some old photos on Ebay. It’s not my listing but I wondered if anybody recognised which dealer this is? Likely somewhere in Nebraska. Thank you.
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Tenn allis
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Posted: 06 Aug 2025 at 2:19am |
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Late 70’s ?? Don’t see any 8000 series someone knows more about the gleaners could chime in obviously a new holland dealer one forage harvester is new and a new round baler and also a farmhand dealer
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Posted: 06 Aug 2025 at 5:10pm |
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Probably 1977. Lots of F series. The 7000 in back looks like maroon belly cab and the one lager Gleaner is early 2 series stripe. Might be straight L or M. 77 is first year for 2 series. That was a heck of a dealership. Be cool photos to have
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Posted: 07 Aug 2025 at 1:41pm |
Thanks both for the info, that's helpful. 
It certainly looks like a busy dealership. I'm too young to have seen somewhere like this in reality – plus I live in Scotland, and the A-C dealer where my grandfather bought the Model B that my Dad drove closed at the end of the 1960's I think.
Yeah, they're cool photos and after posting this thread I decided I'd buy them. Hoping that once I get them I can scan them in and see lots more detail when I blow them up on screen. I find old photos like these are fascinating, full of history. |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2025 at 7:22pm |
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In your 1st photo, it looks like the following from left to right.
Gleaner MorL (grain tank decals white over black)with 4row wide cornhead,
Gleaner G,
Gleaner F/K?? peeking..
MF 330,
Gleaner K/F 12-13’ platform,
Gleaner F/G,
AC 190xt,
Gleaner F2?
Edited by AC7060IL - 08 Aug 2025 at 1:43am
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Oldoug
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Posted: 08 Aug 2025 at 12:23pm |
I don't recognize the dealer as any that I remember in from northeast Nebraska that we visited back in the day. Photo might be 1978 or 1979 at the latest. The F2 looks brand new maybe, no paint off the front beater and has the later grain tank decal with the black on top, think they changed that decal in 78 or 79? The L2 or M2 has the earlier decal with the white on top. The Farmhand grinder is neat too...never seen one that clean. Just about every brand of equipment is in the photos...back when there was a lot of farmers running the land.
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Posted: 08 Aug 2025 at 7:16pm |
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Anybody else have the thought that these were taken from a train? The vantage point seems too high to be a person standing, or from a car.
Ted
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190XTD seriesIII, 190XTD seriesI, maroon belly 7000, 190XTD series??? project(or maybe parts)
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Posted: 08 Aug 2025 at 8:16pm |
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I wonder if that is the Allis dealer in Dunlap IA. They have a building about that color, and IIRC, the train ran across the street from them.
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Posted: 10 Aug 2025 at 9:29am |
Thanks everyone for your thoughts and comments – really helpful to know what the particular combine and tractor models are. This forum really is a godsend as there's so much A-C knowledge in folks' heads.
Ted, that's an interesting thought about the vantage point, I guessed the photographer might be standing on an embankment or slope, but the photos could equally well be taken in sequence from a passing train.
Big Al - thanks, I'll go have a look at Google Maps to see if I can locate a similar looking building. It looks pretty new, and profiled metal cladding ("crinkly tin" or "wrinkly tin") only became popular in the 1960's/ 1970's. Can you remember off the top of your head what the dealership in Dunlap was called, please?
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Posted: 10 Aug 2025 at 9:23pm |
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Reminds me of the old dealer in Moorhead, IA. The bldg. shape and color and there was a street between bldg and the machinery lot.
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Posted: 11 Aug 2025 at 12:15am |
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Took a little bit of looking, but I think Moorhead IA is correct. Building is at 302 1st St. Small bins where the equipment lot was. The background buildings match for the most part, and considering the nearly 50 years that has passed you have to expect some change.
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Posted: 11 Aug 2025 at 11:05am |
It's pretty cool you can go to google earth and put yourself on the highway almost the exact spot where the photo's were taken. If those small bins wouldn't be in the way you could see the background a lot better.
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Posted: 12 Aug 2025 at 8:07am |
 KJCHRIS wrote:
Reminds me of the old dealer in Moorhead, IA. The bldg. shape and color and there was a street between bldg and the machinery lot. |
TedN wrote:
Took a little bit of looking, but I think Moorhead IA is correct. Building is at 302 1st St. Small bins where the equipment lot was. The background buildings match for the most part, and considering the nearly 50 years that has passed you have to expect some change.
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Superb, thanks very much Chris (and Ted). I agree, the building definitely matches when you compare the roof pitches, size and proportions of the doors and windows and so on. As you say, it's remarkable that so much is similar given that the original shots were taken 45+ years ago. So it turns out Nebraska was the wrong state. Thanks very much for solving the mystery. 
Here's a link to Google street view if anybody wants to compare the old and new views - https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9215846,-95.8494849,3a,75y,334.68h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sTgqYvF_SRhQ6tpPFTv0FyA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D0%26panoid%3DTgqYvF_SRhQ6tpPFTv0FyA%26yaw%3D334.67892!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgwNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
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